On 1 August 2000 the Rental Housing Act 50 of 1999 came into operation. This is a typical example of an act which attempts to, in conjunction with the private sector, provide for third generation fundamental rights. This ...

The fundamental goal of the International Labour Organisation is the achievement of
decent and productive work for both women and men in conditions of freedom, equity,
security and human dignity. The South African ...

The implementation of the Marine Living Resources Act 18 of 1998 which governs fisheries management in South Africa is guided by a series of objectives. Chief amongst these are the need to ensure resource sustainability, ...

The paper commences by considering the similarity between Dr King, MK Gandhi and Nelson Mandela and argues that they are high mimetic figures who inspire us to be better. Their legacy and memory operate as a yardstick by ...

This article looks at the definition of cyber terrorism and terrorist use of the Internet.
The article evaluates cyber terrorist threats facing countries such as the United
States of America, the United Kingdom, India ...

This article reviews the interpretation of section 6(2)(a)ii of the Promotion of Administrative
Justice Act which makes an administrator “biased or reasonably suspected of bias” a ground
of judicial review. In this regard, ...

Globalisation requires ever closer co-operation between legal professionals hailing from different national jurisdictions. This interactive global environment has fostered growing international training and mobility among ...

This article examines the possibility that in the post-apartheid South African legal system South African citizens can voluntarily change their customary law and affiliate to a new one in the true spirit of citizenship. ...

It is often stated that indigenous law confers no property rights in land. Okoth-Ogenda reconceptualised indigenous land rights by debunking the myth that indige-nous land rights systems are necessarily "communal" in nature, ...

Both Western-styled mediation and African-styled mediation are practised in South
Africa. Each of these models is applied in specific social contexts. In this article a brief
explanation of what is meant by the term ...

Higher Learning Institutions (HEIs) have an important role to play in the promotion of
respect for fundamental human rights and other constitutional imperatives. This article
will demonstrate that the design and ...

Nils Christie is acknowledged generally as the theoretical founding father of restorative justice. Evgeny Pashukanis may be taken as the premier Marxist theoretician of law. This essay represents an endeavour to read ...

The main objective of this article is to analyse the issue of onus emanating from the enforcement of unilateral changes to conditions of employment. At the heart of the controversy that has faced the Labour Appeal Court ...

This article critically analyses the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act 68 of
2008, which deals with the enforcement of consumer rights. The Act provides for
various forums where consumers can seek redress in cases ...

Mobile financial services, specifically mobile money, has the potential to expand access to financial services to millions of unbanked people in South Africa. As such, it looks very promising in terms of financial inclusion. ...

Mobile financial services, specifically mobile money, has the potential to expand access to financial services to millions of unbanked people in South Africa. As such, it looks very promising in terms of financial inclusion. ...

The purpose of this two-part article is to examine in detail the public discourse surrounding the Barberton Prison Complex during the early 1980s, at the height of the apartheid era. The prisons within the Barberton Prison ...